Definition of Dextro

1. turning to the right [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dextro

dextrin-dextran transglucosidase
dextrin 6-alpha-d-glucosidase
dextrin 6-glucosyltransferase
dextrin dextranase
dextrin glycosyltransferase
dextrin limit
dextrin transglycosylase
dextrinase
dextrine
dextrines
dextrinogenic
dextrinosis
dextrins
dextrinuria
dextrinyltransferase
dextro (current term)
dextro-
dextroamfetamine
dextroamphetamine
dextroamphetamine phosphate
dextroamphetamine sulfate
dextroamphetamine sulphate
dextrocardia with situs inversus
dextrocardiac
dextrocardiacs
dextrocardias
dextrocardiogram
dextrocerebral
dextroclination

Literary usage of Dextro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1862)
"254), class of non-saccharine bodies, in which case the compound which yields this second product and dextro-glucose, belongs to the class of Glucósidos. ..."

2. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1910)
"Racemic acid is proved to consist of two components by its synthesis from solutions of the dextro- acid and the laevo-acid. ..."

3. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"cinchonine salts of dextro and levo tartaric acid. These two salts do not crystallize in different forms which permit their mechanical separation, ..."

4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1898)
"To his surprise and delight, the solution of the right-handed crystals was dextro-rotatory ; that of the left-handed, lavo-rotatory. ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"It crystallizes with alcohol of crystallization, which the dextro compound ... It is much more readily soluble in absolute alcohol than the dextro form. ..."

6. The Theosophist by Theosophical Society (Madras, India) (1609)
"Some tartaric acid crystals have facets which are directed towards (or face) the right hand side, and such crystals are dextro-rotatory bodies. ..."

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